A deal on sharing of safety information and joint analysis of safety trends has been agreed between Iata and the European Aviation Safety Agency.
The collaboration is aimed at providing a basis for better identifying important safety issues.
The analyses will initially be based on the information derived from the Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft programme, and Iata’s Operational Safety Audit (IOSA).
IOSA is a requirement of Iata membership while some 150 non-member airlines participate in it.
Around 11,000 random safety inspections on aircraft and crew are recorded every year.
Iata director general and chief executive Tony Tyler said: ”Safety is aviation’s highest priority and IOSA is the global benchmark for airline operational safety management.
“Working together through this information and trend-sharing partnership will contribute to making aviation even safer, while offering the potential to optimise the audit processes.”
Easa executive director Partick Ky added: “Partnering with Iata on data sharing is a major stepping stone towards our common goal to promote the highest possible level of safety in aviation.
“This close and pragmatic relationship with industry will in particular facilitate the demonstration of compliance to the new rules affecting non-European Union airlines”.